Witnesses reported that a woman wearing a bikini top and jeans shorts was having a dispute inside the bar and had a 2-year-old girl with her. Witnesses reported Mary Jane Carpenter, 25, was highly intoxicated and was not watching her child while in the bar.

Bartender Kim Sheridan said the child was completely unsupervised.

"I said, 'It's fine that you're talking, it's fine that you're in here, but you need to at least watch your child, make sure she's not rolling around on the floor'," said Sheridan. "She slammed the drink on the bar counter and started screaming and that's when I told her I was calling the police."

Carpenter left the bar and witnesses concerned about her child followed. She started running down Hubbell Avenue and acting erratically, witnesses reported.

Sheridan said she watched Carpenter leave the bar with the child and walk up the street, then abandon the girl near the intersection of East 18th and Grand Avenue.

According to the police report, Carpenter abandoned her child in a stroller near the intersection of East 18th Street and Grand Avenue. A witness remained with the child until police arrived.

Police reported that Carpenter returned to get her child just before they arrived. She was arrested and placed in the back of a police car.

Police reported finding a water bottle in the stroller partially full of Vodka. Carpenter was given a breath test and had a blood-alcohol level of 0.183, police said.

Police reported that Carpenter slipped out of her handcuffs while they were waiting for a family member to arrive to take the child. While she was being restrained, Carpenter punched an officer in the face.

She was charged with child endangerment, intoxication, and assault on a peace officer. She is being held in the Polk County Jail pending bail of $3,000.

The bar's manager said he's proud of how Sheridan handled the situation.

"I was very proud of her. She did a good job and she never done nothing wrong and she did everything by the book and did what she could to try to help the girl and the baby," said Ken Easter, the bar manager.

Sheridan said she's glad she had help from police and her customers.

"I was very happy that I had the right people at the right time," said Sheridan.